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Re:The OBS project has accused Streamlabs of copying their n... by yccs27 on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @02:00AM (#29249957)
I think you mean suing for trademark infringement (because FOSS has permissive copyright), or am I just confused?
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Re:The OBS project has accused Streamlabs of copying their n... by jobigoud on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @03:46AM (#29250478)
FOSS doesn't really have permissive copyright though. You can't claim to be the author of a FOSS work that is not your own, even if it uses a permissive license. The license and the copyright are somewhat orthogonal.
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Re:The OBS project has accused Streamlabs of copying their n... by Kelteseth on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @02:03AM (#29249974)
Yes thanks, I fixed it :)
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